Israel extends Daylight Savings Time

The bill, which passed its second and third reading Monday night, sets the change to Daylight Savings Time for the first Sunday after Oct. 1, making it 193 days a year — 11 more than under its previous law.

Under a law passed in 2005, Israel is required to move to Standard Time on the Sunday morning before Yom Kippur, which falls anywhere in September and half of October each year.